Table 3.
Comparison of urease and N-nitroso compounds-producing bacteria between antrum and body
| Species | Antrum (%) | Body (%) | ||||||
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| HP(−) control (n = 2) | HP(−) cancer (n = 2) | HP(+)control (n = 3) | HP(+)cancer (n = 5) | HP(−) control (n = 2) | HP(−) cancer (n = 2) | HP(+)control (n = 3) | HP(+)cancer (n = 5) | |
| Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae | 0.139 | 18.68a | 3.375 | 6.038 | 3.797 | 23.11a | 0.983 | 0.196 |
| Haemophilus parainfluenzae | 0.155 | 3.842 | 0.457 | 0.959 | 2.154 | 2.413 | 0.130 | 0.018 |
| S. oralis | 0.023 | 1.724a | 0.145 | 0.297 | 0.500 | 2.073a | 0.078 | 0.009 |
| S. parasanguinis | 0.138 | 1.506a | 0.275 | 0.596 | 0.855 | 3.361a | 0.135 | 0.042 |
| H. influenzae | 0.000 | 0.433 | 0.016 | 0.034 | 0.000 | 0.408 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Enterococcus hirae | 0.000 | 0.261 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.011 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Lactobacillus fermentum | 0.000 | 0.209 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.084 | 0.000 | 0.030 |
| HP | 0.107 | 0.111 | 86.470 | 60.305 | 0.419 | 0.096 | 89.777 | 75.932 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 0.000 | 0.068 | 0.000 | 1.054 | 0.000 | 0.017 | 0.000 | 0.030 |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 0.084 | 0.043 | 0.047 | 0.468 | 0.009 | 0.008 | 0.000 | 0.030 |
| Enterobacter aerogenes | 0.000 | 0.035 | 0.000 | 0.004 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.012 |
| L. gasseri | 0.000 | 0.026 | 0.000 | 0.025 | 0.000 | 0.008 | 0.000 | 0.011 |
| Citrobacter rodentium | 0.000 | 0.008 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| S. pneumoniae | 0.006 | 0.008 | 0.201 | 0.008 | 0.017 | 0.019 | 0.133 | 0.000 |
| E. mori | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.009 | 0.017 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Values are expressed as mean percent. HP, Helicobacter pylori.
a
This means cut off > 1.0.